| Description |
1 DVD (approximately 120 min.) : sound, black and white & color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital |
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optical |
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surround |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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region 1 |
| System Details |
DVD; Region 1; widescreen; optional 5.1 surround sound. |
| Performer |
Voice of Walt Whitman, Chris Cooper ; narrator, J.K. Simmons. |
| Credits |
Edited by Penny Elliott Hays ; director of photography, Michael Chin ; music by Joel Goodman ; art director, Jasmine Ballou ; costume designer, Heather Dunbar. |
| Note |
Broadcast as an episode of the PBS television program American experience. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
One of the most-recognized figures in American literary history: poet, patriot, and faithful advocate of democracy. But in his own time, critics denounced Walt Whitman as a "lunatic raving in pitiable delirium". This "American experience" production tells Whitman's life story, from his working class childhood in Long Island to his years as a newspaper reporter in Brooklyn when he struggled to support his impoverished family, then to his reckless pursuit of the attention and affection he craved for his work, to his death in 1892 at the age of 72. |
| Contents |
Center of everything -- Captured by the city -- Slavery and the coming crisis -- Leaves of grass -- Desperate to connect -- A call for affection -- The Civil War -- Drum taps -- His life's work. |
| Note |
Special feature: Teacher's guide PDF (DVD-ROM). |
| Language |
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. |
| Subject |
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
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Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. |
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Poets, American -- 19th century -- Biography.
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Poets, American. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Documentary television programs -- United States.
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Documentary television programs. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Subject |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Genre/Form |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899 |
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Zwonitzer, Mark, screenwriter, director.
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Wignot, Jamila, producer, director.
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Long, Patrick, producer.
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Samels, Mark, producer.
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Cooper, Chris, 1951- actor.
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Simmons, J. K., narrator.
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Hays, Penny Elliott, film editor.
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Chin, Michael, director of photography.
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Goodman, Joel (Joel Scott), composer (expression)
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Ballou, Jasmine, art director.
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Dunbar, Heather, costume designer.
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Patrick Long Productions (Firm)
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Hidden Hill Productions.
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WGBH Educational Foundation.
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PBS Home Video.
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| Added Title |
American experience (Television program). Walt Whitman.
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Walt Whitman |
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American experience (Television program)
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| ISBN |
0793694361 |
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9780793694365 |
| Standard No. |
841887009379 |
| Music No. |
AMX62008 PBS Home Video |
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